
The market says college is relevant
I am a long-time fan of Kettering University. Particularly their integration of learning and work with their one semester at school followed by one semester

Michigan Future’s most-read blogs
Month after month, year after year, there are four most-read blogs. All have in common an exploration of the skills and occupations that are most

The competitiveness case for higher Michigan taxes
Dug Song, co-founder and general manager of Duo Security, in an interview with Crain’s Detroit Business, makes the case for higher Michigan taxes. Higher Michigan

How to improve community college completion rates
By and large across Michigan and the country community college completion rates are quite low. As detailed in Redesigning America’s Community Colleges this largely is

The challenges of short-term certificates
This post was originally written for and published by Inside Higher Education. They generously gave us permission to publish the post. It lays out reasons

Technology driving wages down in the hospitality industry
The hospitality industry is characterized by lots of low-wage workers. E. Tammy Kim, in a New York Times column entitled The Gig Economy is Coming